E3 2012: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Stands Alone on Wii U

When 3DS was announced, it seemed like publishers rushed to announce their fighting games for the system, but Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is something of a lone wolf on Wii U.

While Warner Bros.' Injustice: Gods Among Us takes a serious look at DC Comics characters, TTT2 went a bit tongue-in-cheek with its trailer, showing Heihachi Mishima eat a Mega Mushroom and lay the smack down (people still say that, right?) on Jin Kazama. Last year's video showed the Wii U GamePad used to draw on characters with a 'mark of shame'; here's hoping that survives in TTT2.

Namco Bandai tells us it'll have exclusive Wii U content, but we don't know what it is yet.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., (June 5, 2012) – Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced TEKKEN™ TAG TOURNAMENT 2 (working title) and TANK! TANK! TANK!™ (working title) for the Wii U™ system from Nintendo. The upcoming titles offer their own unique brand of explosive arcade action for video game fans of all ages.

TEKKEN™ TAG TOURNAMENT 2 (working title)

The TEKKEN series smashes its way to Wii U with the largest roster of characters and modes to ever hit a Nintendo console. Based on the TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT™ 2 arcade engine, TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 for Wii U features stunning graphics, an unparalleled fighting system, online multiplayer and robust customization options. TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 for Wii U will also feature exciting exclusive content for the Wii U system, giving the title its own unique flair that will appeal to both hardcore and casual fans of the fighting game genre.

TANK! TANK! TANK! (working title)

Get ready for one of the most bombastic battle-party-games ever with TANK! TANK! TANK! Players will find a fantastic armament of tanks and weapons at their disposal to dispatch the enemy threat, including mechanical insects, gigantic dragons and even other players. Team up with three other friends to battle with or against each other in fully destructible environments in a variety of action-packed story and multiplayer modes where weapons are never in short supply and threats are hiding behind every corner. Players will be able to arm their tanks with lasers, machine guns, missile pods, the dreaded Colossus Missile along with power-ups scattered throughout each map.

James, you might wanna alter the article; Heihachi is fighting Kazuya Mishima, not Jin Kazama. I agree with your premise, though, there isn't many fighting games going around, maybe because TTT2 just so happens to be coming out now so Namco decided to port it to Wii U. I believe that when a new Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Guilty Gear, BlazBlue or DarkStalkers comes out, it will be released on the Wii U as well; it's just a matter of time.

Possibly my least favorite fighting franchise along side with DOA. I remember getting the original Tekken back on the PS1. It was pretty damn unique for it's time being one of the first 3D fighters outside of Virtua Fighter for the Arcade & Sega Saturn. Yet Tekken as is, is the most robotic & delayed fighting franchise on the planet. There's something about it i just don't quite like....Yet Maybe, just maybe i'll be open minded about this and give it a chance...

That asidey'! I'd love for a Soul Calibur V announcement or even the new Mortal Kombat...It's bound to happen right, considering SCV is slashing it's glorified way on the 3DS.

@WaveBoy I think you should give it a chance, TTT2 plays great and if a lot of people get it on Wii U, online will be a lot of fun. You should also give DOA5 a chance, that seems like it'll be a good game.

if tekken tag does well on the wii U as well as the DC fighting game, and i hope it does, i hope other fighting games see the light of day on the system like DoA 5, soul calibur 5, darkstalkers and sega's virtua fighter series; my favourite fighting game franchise.

Tekken Tag Tournament is one of the handful of games I have left on my PS2. Also, Tekken is my favourite fighting series. Hopefully they'll do a better job of modes content than Prime 3DS Ed. TBH, I found SSFIV and DoAD better than T3DPE on the 3DS overall. This is an insta-buy though.

@WaveBoy Soul Calibur 5 is coming to 3DS?! Where'd you hear that? That would be awesome! Why didn't they say anything about that at the 3DS conference instead of just wasting an hour of my life giving details about games that were already announced?